Crossword

Writer’s right to take liberties (6,7)

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Across

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Writer’s right to take liberties (6,7)

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Small lump, e.g. of butter (4)

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Signal that danger has passed (3,5)

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Unworldly academic’s dwelling? (5,5)

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Small quake (6)

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Roman emperor (6)

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Suspenseful (4-6)

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The ___ table (8)

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Cunning (4)

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Politically unscrupulous, as in The Prince (13)

Down

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Consumer of plants and animals (8)

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Potato, say (5)

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Part of a book (7)

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Relative by marriage (2-3)

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Blow up (7)

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Show appreciation of (4)

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Tree which may have white or pink flowers (8)

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Masculine (7)

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Small, walled-off part of a room (7)

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Location of Lucknow and Bhopal (5)

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It gets wetter as it dries (5)

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Queen of the Olympian gods (4)